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Kim Kardashian demands that the +1,000 incarcerated firefighters battling the wildfires receive more than $10.24 a day. 💯

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plunged into the news once again, becoming an advocate for social justice while championing more than 1,000 firefighters incarcerated, whose lives have become a means to fight fires happening in California.

 

 

 

 

She highlighted a huge chasm between the value of heroic contribution they make to combat wildfires in California and earning meager wages, implores the governor, Gavin Newsom, to increase pay-a request which is presently universally debated.

The media personality and would-be lawyer recently lamented the poor working conditions of jailed firefighters with low wages through social media. Notably, she urged

currently make between $5.80 and $10.24 per day, with an additional $1 per hour during emergencies. What’s even more astonishing: These rates have not been changed since 1984, despite inflation and rising frequency and intensity of wildfires.

 

Kardashian brought this glaring injustice into sharp focus, calling for the long-needed policy adjustment reflective of the value of their contributions.

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